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Thank you for joining us

Thank you to all our loyal supporters who joined us for another successful festival celebrating the best of British and international filmmaking.
Look out for news of our events throughout the year, notably our ever popular open air films at Studland and Corfe Castle. Dates for this year's Corfe Castle bank holiday open air screenings are August 23, 24 and 25 so mark the dates in your diary. More details coming soon!
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Next year’s festival fortnight will take place from 18 October to 2 November 2019.

A Heartfelt Thanks to Olivia Hetreed and Andy Paterson

It has been the perfect end to another great festival - 2 fantastic films and a fascinating Q&A with Olivia Hetreed and Andy Paterson. The festival extends a heartfelt thank you to Olivia and Andy for finding time in their hectic schedule to take part in this evening's discussion.

Filmmakers behind Edie head up to the castle

Huge thanks to both the Director Simon Hunter and Producer Mark Stothert for joining us for the Purbeck Film Festival screening of Edie and Q&A at Durlston Castle. It was a fascinating and hugely entertaining event and we are so thrilled that they found the time to join us, it made the evening very special..

Results of Purbeck Short Film Competition

Each year we have a very large number of rich and diverse short films entered into the Purbeck Film Festival Short Film Competition and this year was no exception. Congratulations to all the winners who are listed here (please click read more)

Bridget O'Driscoll entertains with behind the scenes interview

The festival is very grateful to Bridget O'Driscoll, Supervising Dialogue Editor on Miss Sloane, for a really interesting Q&A at the Isle of Purbeck Golf Club. The audience was treated to insights into her role as dialogue editor for Director John Madden and the challenges of ensuring the fast paced technical dialogue of the lobbyist central character (played by Jessica Chastain) is crisp and clear amongst a multitude of background sounds.

We are very much looking forward to watching the soon to be released Thomas Vinterberg film ‘Kursk’, where we can hear Bridget’s skills again.

Please also check individual venues and events for film booking details - a number of venues are booking tickets direct and not through the box office or festival website, but these are very clearly marked with venue contact details.